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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: January 22, 2013 3:00:51 PM AST
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] notes from BNS meeting Jan. 21/13
>
> JAN. 21, 2013 - THIS EVENING was a regular meeting night for the  
> BLOMIDON NATURALISTS SOCIETY, at which Acadia Biology's PHIL TAYLOR  
> was to speak on THE SCIENCE OF BIRD MIGRATION & uses of radar and  
> telemetry.  Despite the very cold and windy conditions, 80 folks  
> showed up, including quite a few from Halifax,  and Phil's talk  
> generated a lot of interesting responses.
>
> Someone at the meeting announced that TODAY a LEATHERBACK SEA  
> TURTLE was discovered, unfortunately beached, near Judique in Cape  
> Breton.
>
> In Kentville, Ed Sulis now has 4 GRAY SQUIRRELS, 3 of them gray- 
> coloured and 1 coloured all black.  For a long time Ed has been  
> hosting 2 of them at his feeders.
>
> Other announcements at the meeting:
> - someone reported a flock of pine grosbeaks at Middleton;
> - Richard Stern says the red-bellied woodpecker adjacent to Miner's  
> Marsh in Kentville attends the feeder all the time, in the area  
> where the "no trespassing" signs are;
> - Pat Kelly reported the flock of 250 red-winged blackbirds with a  
> single yellow-headed blackbird along Falmouth Dyke Rd., and Richard  
> Stern mentioned also the presence of cowbirds there;
> - 2 coyotes were seen on the Grand Pre dykelands;
> - Richard Stern saw a red fox twice on and near his property  
> (including in a hen-house?!) north of Kentville;
> - Richard Stern reported an imm. glaucous gull at the Port Williams  
> sewage ponds, and George Forsyth added that the male wood duck is  
> still there -- also apparently a large flock of goldeneye ducks  
> were reported there recently?;
> - Bob Horne in New Minas has a hen pheasant that is very dark,  
> almost black;
> - 2 people reported flying squirrels at feeders at night, but I  
> didn't get the locations;
>
> - Alison Bogan reported on the tentative final results for the 2012  
> Wolfville Christmas Bird Count, held on Dec. 15, 2012:  There were  
> 68 species seen on Count Day, and another 12 species during Count  
> Week (Dec. 12 through 18).  Highlights were 2 rose-breasted  
> grosbeaks, an osprey, a ruddy duck, 3 red-bellied woodpeckers, an  
> eastern phoebe, a marsh wren, an orange-crowned warbler, 4 reports  
> of chipping sparrows, and 294 bald eagles.  One CW species was a  
> fox sparrow at Richard Stern's feeder.
> ----------------------
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</fon=
t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
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#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 22, 2013 3:00:51 PM =
AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] notes from BNS =
meeting Jan. 21/13</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JAN. 21, 2013 =
</b>-&nbsp;</font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
12px; ">THIS EVENING was a <b>regular meeting</b> night for the =
<b>BLOMIDON NATURALISTS SOCIETY</b>, at which Acadia Biology's<b> PHIL =
TAYLOR</b> was to speak on<b> THE SCIENCE OF BIRD MIGRATION</b> &amp; =
uses of radar and telemetry.&nbsp; Despite the very cold and windy =
conditions, 80 folks showed up, including quite a few from =
Halifax,&nbsp; and Phil's talk generated a lot of interesting =
responses.</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Someone at the meeting announced that<b> TODAY a =
LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE was discovered, unfortunately beached, near =
Judique in Cape Breton.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; =
"><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">In <b>Kentville</b>, Ed =
Sulis now has <b>4 GRAY SQUIRRELS</b>, 3 of them gray-coloured and 1 =
coloured all black.&nbsp; For a long time Ed has been hosting 2 of them =
at his feeders.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><b>Other announcements</b> at the =
meeting:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- someone reported a flock =
of <b>pine grosbeaks</b> at Middleton;</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">- Richard Stern says the<b> red-bellied woodpecker</b> =
adjacent to Miner's Marsh in Kentville attends the feeder all the time, =
in the area where the "no trespassing" signs are;</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">- Pat Kelly reported the flock of<b> 250 red-winged =
blackbirds</b> with a single <b>yellow-headed blackbird </b>along =
Falmouth Dyke Rd., and Richard Stern mentioned also the presence of =
<b>cowbirds</b> there;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- 2 =
<b>coyotes</b> were seen on the Grand Pre dykelands;</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">- Richard Stern saw a<b> red fox</b> twice on and near =
his property (including in a hen-house?!) north of =
Kentville;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- Richard Stern reported =
an<b> imm. glaucous gull </b>at the Port Williams sewage ponds, and =
George Forsyth added that the<b> male wood duck</b> is still there -- =
also apparently a large flock of <b>goldeneye ducks</b> were reported =
there recently?;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- Bob =
Horne in New Minas has a<b> hen pheasant that is very dark, almost =
black</b>;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- 2 people reported<b> =
flying squirrels</b> at feeders at night, but I didn't get the =
locations;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">- Alison Bogan reported on the tentative final results =
for the <b>2012 Wolfville Christmas Bird Count</b>, held on Dec. 15, =
2012:&nbsp; There were<b> 68 species seen on Count Day, and another 12 =
species during Count Week</b> (Dec. 12 through 18).&nbsp; =
<b>Highlights</b> were 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, an osprey, a ruddy =
duck, 3 red-bellied woodpeckers, an eastern phoebe, a marsh wren, an =
orange-crowned warbler, 4 reports of chipping sparrows, and 294 bald =
eagles.&nbsp; One CW species was a fox sparrow at Richard Stern's =
feeder.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">----------------------</font></div><div><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers =
from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
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